Playwright August Wilson, Oct. 2

Playwright August Wilson, Oct. 2 August Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who sought to distill virtually the entire African-American experience in a cycle of earthy, poetic and spiritually questing dramas, died in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005. He was 60. Wilson's life ended...

Playwright August Wilson, Oct. 2 August Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who sought to distill virtually the entire African-American experience in a cycle of earthy, poetic and spiritually questing dramas, died in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005. He was 60. Wilson's life ended... (Los Angeles Times/Genaro Molina)

Playwright August Wilson, Oct. 2 August Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who sought to distill virtually the entire African-American experience in a cycle of earthy, poetic and spiritually questing dramas, died in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005. He was 60. Wilson's life ended...Los Angeles Times/Genaro Molina